Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-22

dying about 1929. His wife was the frs
white woman that settled in the valley. Il
1888 the tide of emigration set in and tw'
settlements were made called 1.-THE Forks o.
the Hooking and ''Yankeetown." In tn
fall of 1880 Ebenezer Zane laid out Lancaste
and called it New Lancaster. In 1905 tn
word New was dropped by act of Legislature
The first white male child born in Fairfielt
county was son of Mrs. Ruhama Greene.
CElizabeth Zane, daughter of Ebenezer, i
the heroine of the follwoing exploit told b.
John S. Adams:
ELIZABETH ZANE.
This dauntle IS pioneer maiden's name
Isinscribed in gold on the scroll of Fame
She vas the lsssie who knew no fear
When the tomahawk cleaned on the far frontier
II deeds Of daring should win rencwn,
Lett honor this damsel Of Wheeling town.
Who braved the savage with deep disdain-
Bright-eyed, buxom, Elizabeth Zane.
Twas more than a hundred years ago,
They we're close beset by the dusky foe;
They had spent of powder their scanty store.
And who the gauntlet hould run for moref
She sprang to the portal aud shouted: ST;
IT'S better girl than man should die!
Ny loss would be but the garrison's gain.
Unber the gatep' said Elizab eth Zane.
The powder was sixty yards away,
Around her the foeman in abush lay;
As she darted from shelter they gazed with awe,
Then wildly shouted: "Asquawi-a squawl"
She neither swerved to the left or right,
Swift as an antelopes was her fight.
"Quickl Open the door!'' she cried, amain,
"For hope fcrlorni 'Tis Elizabeth zane,''
No time had she to wave or watt
Bac K she must go ere it be too late;
She 81 atched from the table its cloth in haste
And knotted II deity about her waist,
Then filed it with powder-never, weeI,
Had powder so lovely magazine
Then, scorning the bullets, deadly rain,
Like startled fawn fled Elizabeth Zaze.
She gained the fort with her precious freight;
Strong hands fastened the oaken gate;
Brave mems eyes were suffused with tears
That had there been strangers for many yesrs.
From aintlock rides again there sped
'Gainst the skullSing redskins as,orm OF lead,
And the wsr-whoop sounded that day in vain,
Thanks tothe deed of Eliza beth Zane.
Talk not to me of Paul Revere,
man, on horseback, VITA nausht to fear;
Nor Of old john Burns, with the bell-crowned hat
He'd an army to back him, so what of that?
Here's to the hcroi ne, plump and brown,
Who ran the gauntlet in Wheeling town!
Here is record without stain
Beautiful buxom, Elizabeth Zane.
Near the town of Lancaster stands bold
'minece about 200 feet high, known as
Mount Pleasant and called by the Indians
Standing stone" Of the hemountain geolo-
yist says: "What is properly called the sand
stone formation terminates near Lancaster
n immense detached mural precipices, like
he remains of ancient islands. One of these
sailed Mt. Pleasant, seated on the borders of a
arge plain, affords from its top fine view
If the adjacent country. The base is a mile
md half in circumference, while the apex
IS only about thirty by one hundred yards;
resembling at distance huge pyrmaid.
These lofty towers of sandstone are like SO
many mountains to point out the bou ndaries
of that ancient Western Mediterranean
which once covered the present rich prairies
If Ohio.
CLFRHToNT COUNTY.
Clermont county was the eighth created in
The Northwest Territory and was formed De
,ember 8, 1900, by proclamation of st. Clair
The name was probably derived from Cler.
mont in France. Bethel and WILLIAMSBURG
we're laid out in 1798-99 and were competi-
tors for the county seat. They were called
Denham's town and Lytle's
town--named from Obed Demham and
VIM. LytIe, the original owners of thess
towns. Mr.. Lytle was the first Clerk of tht
county and was succeeded by R. w. Warins
and David G. Bryan. Bryan represented thu
county several years in the State Legislatur:
before he was appointed County Clerk. The
first Court of Common Pleas met in 1904. il
June, at Williamsburgh. Francis Dunlavl
was the presiding Judge and Philip Catch
Ransom and John wood, associates
The attending lawyers were Judge Jacol
Burnett, Arthur ST. Clair, Jr., Joshua Collet
Martin Marshall and Thomas Morris. Johr
Morris was appointed Associate Judge afte
the death Of Judge Wood in 1907. He wa
also Justice of the Peace and one of the frs
settlers of Columbia. Thomas Morris prac
ticed law in the county abont forty years
wasa Representative in the Legislature an
was once appointed a Judge of the Suprem
Court. In the winter of 1928 he was elect
cd to the United States Senate and took a
earnest part in the anti-slayery debates of th
day. The most prominent event of his Ill
in politics was his reply to a speech of NJ
Clay. He died suddenly December Z, 1884,
The first newspaper in Ciermont was ~
Political Censor, published at williamsburg
in 1878 and edited BY Thomas 8. Foot. n
second, called The Western American al
peared ID 1914, David Morris, editor. Mar
of the early settlers Of Clermont we're fro
Kentucky. Neville was laid out in 1911, Gel
Neville. proprietor. Point Pleasant and Ne